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    2025 Writers Mountain Retreat

    Once a year I go up Mt Hotham in Victoria for a week, on retreat with a group. We bring our own food and cook for ourselves, sometimes together sometimes separately, except for the first night when I cook for us. We have this year nominated September 20 – 28 as our retreat dates. We are the only ones who will inhabit the two-story lodge with its extensive kitchens and...

    Peregian Beach (Queensland) – 3 day writing retreat

    During the retreat, most of your time will be spent working alone on your piece. Mid-afternoon each day, I will meet with each mentee to talk about your writing, and project. In the evenings, we will read from the works in progress or other writing and discuss it. We will listen to some essays about writing, too, which we can also discuss. There is a wonderful beach close by where...

    $1,500

    Peregian Beach (Queensland) – 5 day writing retreat

    During the week, most of your time will be spent working alone on your piece. Mid-afternoon each day, I will meet with each mentee to talk about your writing, and project. In the evenings, we will read from the works in progress or other writing and discuss it. We will listen to some essays about writing, too, which we can also discuss. There is a wonderful beach close by where...

    $2,500